Red Wolf

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jennifer Desilets
Description

Lesson plan for use with the book Red Wolf by Jennifer Dance.

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Redefining the Frontier: Mouring Dove's Cogewea, The Half-Blood: A Depiction of the Great Montana Cattle Range

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cathryn Halverson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, 1997, pp. 105-124
Description
Argues that Cogewea, the novels main character, does not need to occupy the homeland of her own people, the Okanogans, but she does need to feel the presence of a Indigenous American past and this presence, for her, resides in the land.
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ReEarthlings: Finding Our Way Back to the Land

Alternate Title
Film Seedlings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teresa Konechne
Brad Haami
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014
Description
These two video shorts - seedlings/sketches - are stories from Aotearoa.
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Refiguring Legacies of Personal and Cultural Dysfunction in Janet Campbell Hale's Bloodlines: Odyssey of a Native Daughter

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jordana Finnegan
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 68-86
Description
Explores the theme of captivity which represents the colonial domination of Native peoples both physically and culturally and the manifestation of the oppression in dysfunctions. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 68.
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A Reflection in the Water

Articles » General
Author/Creator
J. T. Garrett
Children Today, vol. 22, no. 4, 1993/1994, p. 17
Description
Recalls the author's experience of listening to his grandfather, Oscar Rogers, who was a member of the Eastern Cherokee tribe.
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Reflections

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jadine Jessamy
Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal Women and Decolonization, 1999, p. 108–114
Description
Author describes process of healing by questioning her identity and reflecting on her lived experiences of abuse, violence & racism.
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The Reign of Felicity, Being a Plan for Civilizing the Indians, of North America; ... In a Coffee-house Dialogue, between a Courtier, an Esquire, a Clergyman and a Farmer

Alternate Title
The Reign of Felicity, Being a Plan for Civilizing the Indians, of North America;Without Infringing on Their National or Individual Independence. In a Coffee-house Dialogue, between a Courtier, an Esquire, a Clergyman and a Farmer
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thomas Spence
p. 12
Description
Political satire in which the tenants of English landlords are referred to as Indians.
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Reincarnating Fatherhood in Aboriginal Fiction

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allyson Anderson
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 179-187
Description
Author laments the loss of the "Father" image in Aboriginal fiction; usually portrayed as absent or emotionally unavailable.
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Relational Encounters with Indigenous Literatures

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aubrey Jean Hanson
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 312-330
Description
Author uses perspectives from school teachers and Indigenous writers to argue that “Indigenous literary arts can foster relational understandings between readers and Indigenous communities.” Encourages educators to draw on Indigenous literatures for inspiration and motivation in this work.
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Religion and (Mimetic) Violence in Canadian Native Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ken Derry
Literature and Theology, vol. 16, no. 2, 2002, pp. 201-219
Description
Article examines the links between the two concepts as they appear in these three works: Halfbreed, In Search of April Raintree, Green Grass, Running Water.
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Remapping Indian Country in Louise Erdrich’s The Antelope Wife

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura M. Furlan
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 4, Winter, 2007, pp. 54-76
Description
Examines the interworkings of the Shawano and Roy families living in cultural conflict, while simultaneously depicting the universal issues of family life that cross cultural boundaries. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 54.
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Remediating the “Famous Indian Artist”: Native Aesthetics beyond Tourism and Tragedy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joshua Miner
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 2, Summer, 2018, pp. 79-105
Description
Describes the varying themes, aesthetics, and influencing factors at play in “Native” or “Indian” art and how those issues are discussed in Thomas King's Truth and Bright Water, Eddie Chuculate's Cheyenne Madonna, Gerald Vizenor's Shrouds of White Earth, and Louise Erdrich's Shadow Tag.
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Remembering the Trickster in Tomson Highway's The Rez Sisters

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lina Perkins
Modern Drama, vol. 45, no. 2, Summer, 2002, pp. 259-269
Description
Argues that the character of Nanabush is not identical to the figure found in traditional stories, and discusses his role in underlying temporal theme of the play.
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Renegotiating Space in Canadian Theatre: A Review of Three New Play Anthologies

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Heidi Bickis
Canadian Theatre Review, no. 123, Summer, 2005, pp. 68-72
Description
Book review of: The West of All Possible Worlds: Six Contemporary Canadian Plays, edited by Moira Day; Beyond the Pale: Dramatic Writing From First Nations Writers & Writers of Colour, edited by Yvette Nolan; and Snappy Shorts at Tarragon Theatre, compiled by Andy McKim.
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